spawnkill

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verb

To kill a player or NPC enemy at a spawn point.

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Meanings

verbspawnkill (third-person singular simple present spawnkills, present participle spawnkilling, simple past and past participle spawnkilled)

present singular third person spawnkills · participle present spawnkilling · participle past spawnkilled · past spawnkilled · alternative spawn kill · alternative spawn-kill

  1. video gamesTo kill a player or NPC enemy at a spawn point.

    He was spawnkilled about 30-40 times in 20 minutes by one player.

    2002 August 26, Flashheart [username], “Re: Why should CTF Flag Camping be wrong”, in alt.games.unreal.tournament (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    It is ridiculously easy to spawn-kill the VC at their outdoor spawn location, from several relatively safe locations inside the Embassy's ground floor, especially the library windows.

    2004, Dan Irish, Men of Valor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, Prima, →ISBN, page 110

    Nothing lowers your morale faster than some jerk spawn killing you for the fifth time and yelling that your mother worked in a Nevada brothel.

    2004 October 23, Grl/Grl_Prn [username], “Re: Thank you... I guess”, in alt.games.battlefield1942 (Usenet)

Origin

From spawn + kill.

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APA

spawnkill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spawnkill

MLA

“spawnkill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spawnkill. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spawnkill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spawnkill.

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